terne

Norwegian

noun-c

Definitions

a tern seabird of family m

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse þerna (tern, maid, servant girl).

Origin

Old Norse

þerna

Gloss

tern, maid, servant girl

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tern English
*þewernǭ Proto-Germanic
tärna Swedish
terne Norwegian Nynorsk
þerna Old Norse
þerna Icelandic
terna Faroese
thiorna Old Saxon